Property, Plant and Equipment (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment:

Components of property, plant and equipment were as follows (in millions):



	As of December 31,
	2012			2011
Land	$	29.4		$	26.1
Buildings and improvements	208.6			201.4
Machinery and equipment	612.9			603.2
Construction in progress and equipment not yet in service	32.1			24.0
Total	883.0			854.7
Less accumulated depreciation	(584.8		)	(554.0		)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	298.2		$	300.7

The balances above include capital lease assets comprised of buildings and improvements and machinery and equipment totaling $14.4 million and $16.6 million, net of accumulated depreciation of $8.9 million and $7.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

We recorded $0.2 million in machinery and equipment impairment for assets that are no longer in use for the year ended December 31, 2011. No impairment charges were recorded in 2012 or 2010.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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